Creative Kids Learning Center

02/28/2022

Shante Martinez

 Technology is a key component everyone uses on the daily. It’s in homes, work,

schools, even in pockets. It went from AOL Dialup to 5G; computers that take up whole

rooms to a tiny laptop on the desk. Seems the past 30 plus years, technology has boomed!

Schools has taken advantage of this increase boom of technology and implemented it into

teachings. Children are being taught how to type and access the web. Teenagers are

learning how to write essays and do research papers. College students are writing fifteen

page research papers with citations. College students are also being taught to create apps,

CANVAS and so much more.

However, the school board is trying to take away Technology and revert back to

archaic teachings. I truly believe it’s a bad idea. If technology is on the path it is now, ten-

twenty years from now, literally everything will be technology based. “Most teachers

support these technology standards. They want to see their students taking technology

initiatives and utilizing digital tools for their own learning purposes. Students should be

using handheld devices to engage with content in meaningful ways like: Creating digital

video and graphic media design to support concept.Engaging in live vlogging about a topic

of study. Using classroom polling to hear different perspectives on issues.” (Christensen,

2019).

Without children being taught young, they will play catch-up when the grow up. I

believe we as adults should continue to teach children using tech, since technology won’t

stop advancing. Schools should been given the budget to gain access to laptops, and

teachers should be paid to advance their knowledge. Technology will never go away, it’ll

adapt and advance. We as a civilization need to adapt with the times and move forward.

 The state of Nevada has two different types of Standards teachers use. One is:

Nevada Computer and Technology Standards. The other is: ISTE. NCTS is an indicator

children grade levels 2-12 should master Technology based. Think of it like ECERS/ITERS,

but with Technology. Theres six Standards they must meet: Creative/Innovation,

Communication/Collaboration, Research/Information Fluency, Critical Thinking/Problem

Solving/Decision Making, Digital Citizenship and Technology Operations/Concepts. Each

of those has four National Indicators that must be met.

Next is ISTE or International Society for Technology in Education. This is a

roadmap for effective use in technology WORLDWIDE. There’s many topics to choose

from but I will be focusing on two: ISTE Standards for Students, and ISTE Standards for

Teachers. ISTE has seven Standards: Empowered Learner, Digital Citizen, Knowledge

Constructer, Innovative Designer, Computational Thinker, Creative Communicator and

Global Collaborator.

They may look different, but they can be similar. Both can be used in Nevada as a

guide for Digital Teachings. For example, I’m using Creative/Innovation(NCTS) and

Creative Communicator in my Technology Lesson Plan. I work with Preschoolers and we

get creative on the daily. Never had the opportunity to incorporate tech with it. For NCTS

portion I’m using: 1.B.2.1-Create an original work using a variety of digital tools as a means

of personal or group expression. For ISTE I will be using: 1.6C- Students communicate

complex ideas clearly and effectively by creating or using a variety of digital objects such

as visualizations, models or simulations.

 • Name of lesson: Point, Click and Create!

• Grade Level Appropriateness: Preschool-3-4 years old

• Technology Content Standard Addressed:Creative/Innovation and Creative

Communicator.

• Other Content Standard Addressed: Language Arts and Math.

• Objective: Students will be able choose a photo they would like Photoshop and present
to the class.

• Materials needed to facilitate the lesson: Four iPads-camera feature, and the ibisPaint X

app, printer, poster board, and multicolor sticky-notes.

• Suggested group size: Four to one group.

• Procedures: Four students are given iPads and taken outside to take photos of what they

see that intrigues them. They have five minutes to take as many photos as they want.

After the five minutes, each child gets to ‘heart’ one photo they want to work on. Then

the teacher will open the ibisPaint X app and show them how to learn the basics of

drawing and coloring on it. Next, they will have 20 minutes (max) to create their work of

art. Teacher will walk around and help if needed. Once the 20 minutes are up, the photos

are then printed out (full page) and displayed onto a poster board. Each student will

present their final work: why they choose a specific image and what they did to it; to the

class(30 seconds per child) and the class is given one sticky-note to be place next to the

image they like best. After the whole class finishes, the teacher along with the class will

count out loud the votes and the teacher will write the number on the board. The teacher

will ask the class who has the most votes and they will take a guess.

• Assessment: Students would be graded on Creativity.



 My class are Preschoolers, so my expectations are for them to have fun and be

creative. I’m not putting pressure for them to create this extravagant piece of virtual art

and get an actual grade for it. I want to show my littles there’s more to technology than

Youtube and game apps. My nephew was two when he started exploring tech and now at

age nine, he can write Code. I would like my class to try and have the same opportunity.

I created an example of what the ibisPaint X app can do. It came out weird and

kinda cool. I had my three year old nephew pick the photo he wanted us to work on. He

chose the outside of my work building for us to work on. I showed him what features the

app has and we got to work. He was excited at first to do this, then got frustrated cause he

was tired from a day at school. But his art was cute and shinny. Mine came out just weird. I

honestly don’t know what feature I choose.